Meredith Monk Quotes
As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we're imaginative. We're resourceful. We like challenges.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much about dying, either. It's just a fact of being human.
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I know one writer who has been subscribing authors without their permission and sending out what she thinks are helpful advice sheets, but they come off as if she's a know-it-all. She thinks she's marketing herself and her work. All she's really doing is turning readers off.
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The heart of the gameplay is still about choice and consequence, which is what I've been doing since the '80s.
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We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into.
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The 'problem lies' are the half-dozen or so falsehoods we hear every day that can lead us down the wrong path in our careers, change how we do business, or dramatically influence our personal lives.
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My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.
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Good advice is just watch what you say on Facebook, on Twitter, on social networks because being sued is not fun. Filing a lawsuit is not fun. And being fired and having to do all of those things is not fun. So just avoid it.
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I'm someone that never likes to overpower the girls in hair and makeup.
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I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs. People would come by on the street - you live in Time Square, you know how they do it - they would bunch up. And they would always compliment me on gospel tunes, but they would tip me when I played blues.
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Yeah, I left Idaho at 17. You know, I graduated high school a year early and just, you know, the typical story, packed up my car and moved out.
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Obit anus, abit onus.
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When we were fighting communism, OK, they had mass murderers and gulags, but they were white men and they were sane. Now we're up against absolutely insane savages.
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Bragging just sounds good, man.
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No, no, I don't watch football. The last time I tried watching was the last Super Bowl. The problem I have is, you know, the graphic nature of my imagination; when I watch and see them meeting head onto head, helmet onto helmet, what flashes through my mind is what's going on in their brains. It's like torture to me.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.
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As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we're imaginative. We're resourceful. We like challenges.
